Category:1934, Top Films

1. It Happened One Night (Capra)

1930 -- 1931 -- 1932 -- 1933

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1935 -- 1936 -- 1937 -- 1938

+. Treasure Island (Fleming)

4. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Hitchcock)

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  10. The Gay Divorcee (Sandrich)

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  19. Imitation of Life (Stahl)

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  21. The Grasshopper and the Ants (Disney)

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  23. Our Daily Bread (Vidor)

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  26. Babes in Toyland (Meins)

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  34. The Lost Patrol (Ford)

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  45. Tarzan and His Mate (Gibbons)

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  +. Zou-Zou (Allegret)

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  +. Bright Eyes (Butler)

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  +. Death Takes an Holiday (Leisen)

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Notable Mention

-- #2. <L'Atalante> (Vigo) -- @3. <L'Atalante> (Vigo)

-- @2. <The Thin Man> (van Dyke) -- #3. <The Thin Man> (van Dyke) -- =5. <The Thin Man>

-- #5. <The Scarlet Empress> -- @5. <The Scarlet Empress>

-- #6. A Story of Floating Weeds (Ozu) -- @12. A Story of Floating Weeds (Ozu)

-- @6. <The Black Cat> (Ulmer) -- #7. <The Black Cat> (Ulmer)

-- #8. <Twentieth Century> (Hawks) -- @8. <Twentieth Century> (Hawks) -- =27. Twentieth Century

-- #9. The Goddess

-- @9. It's a Gift (McLeod) -- #15. It's a Gift (McLeod)

-- @10. The Scarlet Pimpernel (Young) -- #43. The Scarlet Pimpernel (Young)

-- =1. Barretts of Wimpole Street -- #47. Barretts of Wimpole Street

-- =2. House of Rothschild

-- =4. One Night of Love

-- =6. Viva, Villa!

-- =7. Count of Monte Cristo (Lee) -- @18. Count of Monte Cristo (Lee) -- #42. Count of Monte Cristo (Lee)

-- =9. Judge Priest (Ford) -- #20. Judge Priest (Ford)

-- =10. Sequoi

Additional Films

Critical Reception (1934)

MUBI, Best Films (1934)

-- #1. It Happened One Night -- #2. <L'Atalante> (Vigo -- #3. <The Thin Man> (van Dyke) -- #4. The Man Who Knew Too Much -- #5. The Scarlet Empress -- #6. A Story of Floating Weeds (Ozu) -- #7. The Black Cat (Ulmer) -- #8. Twentieth Century (Hawks) -- #9. The Goddess -- #10. The Gay Divorcee (Sandrich)

-- #11. Man of Aran (Flaherty) -- #12. The Sea Horse -- #13. The Mascot -- #14. Les Miserables (Bernard) -- #15. It's a Gift -- #16. The Merry Widow (Lubitsch) -- #17. La signora di tutti -- #18. Of Human Bondage -- #19. Imitation of Life -- #20. Judge Priest (Ford)

-- #21. The Grasshopper and the Ants <short> -- #22. Dames -- #23. Our Daily Bread (Vidor) -- #24. Street Without End -- #25. Our Neighbor, Miss Yae -- #26. Babes in Toyland -- #27. Cleopatra (DeMille) -- #28. Three Songs About Lenin (vertov) -- #29. Liliom (Lang) -- #30. The Kidnapping (Kirsanoff)

-- #31. Chanson d'armor (Epstein) -- #32. El compadre Mendoza -- #33. The Hearts of Age -- #34. The Lost Patrol -- #35. The Woman of the Port -- #36. The Song of Ceylon -- #37. Manhattan Melodrama -- #38. The Big Bad Wolf <short> -- #39. Funny Little Bunnies <short> -- #40. Gulliver Mickey <short> -- #41. The Wise Little Hen <short> -- #42. The Count of Monte Cristo (Lee) -- #43. The Scarlet Pimpernel (Young) -- #44. Little Man, What Now? (Borzage) -- #45 Tarzan and His Mate -- #46. The Joy of Living <short> -- #47. The Barretts of Wimpole Street -- #48. The Full Deck -- #49. Les Affaires publiques (Bresson) -- #50. Visit to the Theatre

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. It Happened One Night -- @2. The Thin Man (van Dyke) -- @3. <L'Atalante> (Vigo -- @4. The Man Who Knew Too Much -- @5. The Scarlet Empress -- @6. The Black Cat (Ulmer) -- @7. The Gay Divorcee (Sandrich) -- @8. Twentieth Century (Hawks) -- @9. It's a Gift (McLeod) -- @10. The Scarlet Pimpernel (Young)

-- @11. Les Miserables (Bernard) -- @12. A Story of Floating Weeds (Ozu) -- @13. Babes in Toyland (Meins, Rogers) -- @14. Imitation of Life -- @15. The Lost Patrol -- @16. Tarzan and His Mate -- @17. Cleopatra -- @18. The Count Monte Cristo -- @19. Of Human Bondage -- @20. The Merry Widow (Lubitsch)

-- @21. Manhattan Melodrama -- @22. Dames -- @23. The Goddess -- @24. Bright Eyes -- @25. Treasure Island -- @26. Death Takes a Holiday -- @27. Little Miss Marker -- @28. Moulin Rouge -- @29. Man of Aran -- @30. Charlie Chan in London

-- @31. Everybody's Woman -- @32. Evelyn Prentice -- @33. Men in Black -- @34. Judge Priest -- @35. The Barretts of Wimpole Stret -- @36. Gulliver Mickey -- @37. The Goddess of Spring -- @38. Great Expectations -- @39. Punch Drunks -- @40. The Grasshopper and the Ants

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1934)

-- =1. Barretts of Wimpole Street -- =2. House of Rothschild -- =3. It Happened One Night -- =4. One Night of Love -- =5. The Thin Man -- =6. Viva, Villa! -- =7. Count of Monte Cristo -- =8. The Gay Divorcee -- =9. Judge Priest -- =10. Sequoi

-- =11. Broadway Bill -- =12. Treasure Island -- =13. Queen Christina -- =14. Catherine the Great -- =15. Of Human Bondage (1934) -- =16. Death Takes a Holiday -- =17. David Harum -- =18. Flying Down to Rio -- =19. Little Miss Marker -- =20. Design for Living

-- =21. What Every Woman Knows -- =22. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch -- =23. The little Minister -- =24. Eskimo -- =25. Men in White -- =26. Cleopatra (1934) -- =27. Twentieth Century -- =28. Man of Aran -- =29. Crime Without Passion -- =30. Affairs of Cellini

Oscar, Best Films

-- It Happened One Night -- The Barretts of Wimpole Street -- Cleopatra -- Flirtation Walk -- The Gay Divorcee -- Here Comes the Navy -- The House of Rothschild -- Imitation of Life -- One Night of Love -- The Thin Man -- Viva Villa! -- The White Parade

Top Grossing Films

-- Cleopatra -- Forsaking All Others -- It Happened One Night -- Chained -- Wonder Bar -- The Barretts of Wimpole Street -- Here Comes the Navy -- Judge Priest -- Treasure Island -- The Gay Divorcee

Schneider, Best Films

-- It Happened One Night

-- <L'Atalante> -- The Black Cat -- <The Thin Man> -- Judge Priest -- <It's a Gift> -- The Goddess

National Board of Review, Best Films

-- It Happened One Night [W] -- The Count of Monte Cristo -- Crime Without Passion -- Eskimo -- The First World War -- The Lost Patrol -- Lot in Sodom -- No Greater Glory -- The Thin Man -- Viva Villa!

-- Man of Aran [W] -- The Blue Light -- Catherine the Great -- The Constant Nymph -- Madame Bovary

National Film Registry

-- Imitation of Life -- It Happened One Night -- It's a Gift -- Little Miss Marker Narrative feature 1934 1998 [21] -- Our Daily Bread -- Punch Drunks <short> -- Tarzan and His Mate -- The Thin Man -- Twentieth Century

American Film Institute

-- It Happened One Night

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #73 Happiness (Medvedkin)

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #205. A Story of Floating Weeds (Ozu)

-- #300+. The Big Road / Dalu -- Shennü

Tubi

-- Zouzou -- Of Human Bondage -- Jane Eyre

NYT, Best Films

-- It Happened One Night -- L'Atalante -- Twentieth Century -- The Thin Man -- The Count of Monte Cristo -- One Night of Love -- It's a Gift

TSPDT, Best Films

-- L'Atalante -- It Happened One Night -- Man of Aran -- The Scarlet Empress -- It's a Gift

Top10ner, Best Films

-- It Happened One Night

-- <L'Atalante> -- <The Thin Man>

Film101, Best Films

-- It Happened One Night -- L'Atalante -- The Thin Man -- It's a Gift -- The Scarlet Empress -- Twentieth Century -- The Count of Monte Cristo

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #2. <L'Atalante>

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Bright Eyes -- Imitation of Life -- Treasure Island

-- Little Miss Marker -- Les misérables (France) -- No Greater Glory -- Vecchia guardia (Italy)

-- Anne of Green Gables -- Anderssonskans Kalle (Sweden) -- Baby, Take a Bow -- Born to Be Bad -- Burn 'Em Up Barnes -- The Circus Clown -- The Devil on Wheels -- Frontier Days -- Hi' Neighbor! -- In Love with Life -- Little Men -- Peck's Bad Boy -- Sans famille / Senza famiglia (France) -- Tomorrow's Youth -- Wednesday's Child -- De Witte (Belgium)